Read Horrible Harry in Room 2B Online
Authors: Suzy Kline
Horrible Harry in Room 2B (2 page)
“That's for the librarian,” I said.
“Mrs. Michaelsen just likes yogurt and carrots,” Harry replied. “We'll be doing her a favor.”
And so we both promised, “Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye,” that we would
never
tell on each another.
never
tell on each another.
Then we ate the librarian's cupcake.
Sometimes Harry gets me to do horrible things.
The day before Columbus Day, Harry came to school with a tattoo on his arm. It was a skull and crossbones. Harry said the sea pirate Long John Silver made his tattoo.
I know Harry did it with a Magic Marker. I think he just wanted to show off in front of Song Lee.
When Harry went to his seat, he took out his writing folder. He wrote two pages about his adventures at sea.
Miss Mackle asked him to read his story to the class.
Harry said he met a mermaid, ate a sea turtle, and dug up a treasure.
Miss Mackle put Harry's story up on the bulletin board. She said Harry has lots of ideas.
Harry has never eaten a sea turtle.
Harry has never seen a mermaid.
Harry has never been to sea!
And I know Harry can't even spell “sea.” He's horrible at spelling too.
Harry is not like any other second grader in our room. I know
all
about him.
all
about him.
Harry's my best friend.
Horrible Harry, the Stub People, and Halloween
T
he day before Halloween, Harry planned his invasion.
he day before Halloween, Harry planned his invasion.
“It's time to bring
doom
to our room, Doug,” he said.
doom
to our room, Doug,” he said.
I knew what he was talking about. It was time for the invasion of his stub people.
“Do you need help?” I asked.
“You can be my assistant.”
We put the first pair of stub people in Song Lee's desk while she was up at the pencil sharpener. When she returned, she reached in her desk for a piece of paper.
Harry plugged his ears. “I love it when girls scream,” he said. “Look out for
doom!”
doom!”
I plugged my ears.
Song Lee didn't scream.
She didn't even jump out of her seat.
Harry and I watched Song Lee play with the stub people. She made them dance on the top of her desk!
Harry scowled. “This is an
invasion,”
he complained. “My stub people aren't dancers. They are invaders! They bring
doom
to our room!”
invasion,”
he complained. “My stub people aren't dancers. They are invaders! They bring
doom
to our room!”
I nodded.
Harry leaned over and whispered.
“Next
time, we have to catch the enemy by real surprise.”
time, we have to catch the enemy by real surprise.”
When Harry and I got permission to go to the bathroom, we stopped in the hallway. We slipped some stub people in Sidney's sweater sleeves.
Perfect, we thought.
When it came time to line up for lunch, Harry and I waited.
Slowly, Sidney put on his sweater.
And we watched.
Sidney would jump up and scream any minute now!
But when Sidney put his arm in the sleeve, the stub people fell through and landed on the floor.
Sidney never saw them.
Neither did Ida or Mary. They stepped on them!
Harry kneeled down and scraped the stub people off the floor. Gently, he wrapped them in his handkerchief.
We buried them in the garbage during lunch recess. And we gave them a farewell salute.
“This means war!”
Harry exclaimed. “We've lost too many men. We have to invade the mainland now.”
Harry exclaimed. “We've lost too many men. We have to invade the mainland now.”
“What's the mainland?” I asked.
“You'll see,” Harry said.
Just before the bell rang, Harry put two pairs of stub people on the teacher's desk.
“The teacher's
desk?”
I said.
desk?”
I said.
“The teacher's desk,” Harry repeated. “Prepare for
doom
in our room!”
doom
in our room!”
Then he sat up straight and folded his hands on his desk.
When the bell rang, Miss Mackle walked in. “I can see Harry is ready for class,” she said.
“Plug your ears,” Harry whispered as Miss Mackle walked to her desk. “She's going to scream and jump right out the window.”
“What's this?” Miss Mackle said when she saw the stub people.
Harry took his fingers out of his ears.
I did too.
“How cute!” Miss Mackle exclaimed as she held one up.
“Cute?” Harry said.
“Cute?” I said. Harry and I gave each other a look. How could that be? The stub people are the scariest creatures on earth.
Harry put his head down on his desk, and buried his face in his arms.
Sometimes it's real hard for Harry to be horrible.
“Cheer up,” I said, “tomorrow's Halloween. That's your favorite holiday. You'll be real scary then.”
Harry looked up. “Halloween ... ” He grinned.
Nobody knew what Harry was going to be for Halloween, but everybody knew it would be something horrible.
Just before the 3 oâclock bell rang, we talked about it.
“Are you going to be Frankenstein?” Ida asked Harry.
Harry flashed his white teeth. “Scarier than that.”
“Are you going to be a skeleton?” Mary said.
Harry shook his head. “Much, much scarier than that.”
“Are you going to be a vampire?” Song Lee asked.
Harry shook his head again, “You'll never guess.”
Sidney said, “Oh yes, I will. I bet you're going to be a canary!” And he laughed and laughed.
“Just beware, Sidney. Halloween is tomorrow.” Then Harry leaned forward and shouted, “BOO!”
Sidney jumped a foot in the air.
The next morning in school, everyone watched the door and waited for Harry.
When a huge witch came in, everyone shivered. “It's
Harry!”
they shouted.
Harry!”
they shouted.
And then the witch took off her green mask. “Good morning, boys and girls,” a voice said.
It was Miss Mackle!
After we said the pledge, I looked over at Harry's seat. It was empty. Where was Harry?
And then, at 9:05, a very big Count Dracula showed up at the door.
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